Navy Memorial, SNA Host Premiere Showing of THE COLE CONSPIRACY

Navy Memorial, SNA Host Premiere Showing of THE COLE CONSPIRACY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy Memorial and the Surface Navy Association are together presenting a premiere showing of THE COLE CONSPIRACY airing on The History Channel(R) on Sunday, October 9th at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The premiere will be held in the U.S. Navy Memorial's Arleigh and Roberta Burke Theater on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. The premiere is by invitation only.

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THE COLE CONSPIRACY, produced by Story House Productions for The History Channel, is a dramatic re-creation of the Oct. 12, 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole, in which 17 American Sailors were killed while the ship was located in the port of Aden, Yemen.

THE COLE CONSPIRACY offers many first-hand accounts from those who survived the bombing attack. The bombing of the Cole was a precursor to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

During the morning of Oct. 12, 2000, the Cole's crew pulled into the Yemen port intending to refuel. Two men in a small boat sped toward the ship, smiling and waving to Navy fireman, Raymond Mooney, who was keeping watch as the ship refueled. They came up to the side of the boat and detonated explosives that blew a 40-by-60 foot hole in the side of the ship. The blast killed 17 Sailors and wounded 39 others and caused extensive damage to the ship.

THE COLE CONSPIRACY details the American government's investigation that followed the suicide attack.

For more information about the premiere showing of THE COLE CONSPIRACY at the U.S. Navy Memorial, please contact Tami Faram, director Public Relations at (202) 380-0718 or at tami@lonesailor.org.

The Arleigh and Roberta Burke Theater is located in the Naval Heritage Center, adjacent to the U.S. Navy Memorial. The Memorial is located on 7th and Pennsylvania Ave., on the Archives/Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter METRO stop.

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CONTACT: Tami Faram, Director of Public Relations of U.S. Navy Memorial, +1-202-380-0718, or tami@lonesailor.org

Web site: http://www.lonesailor.org/

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